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New Apartment Construction Still Chasing Demand The Houston Apartment Association held its annual conference and expo at Reliant Center on Thursday. |
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GHP Seeks To Head Off Labor Crunch The Greater Houston Partnership has announced a new effort head off potential shortages of skilled labor that could limit the region's economic growth. |
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Houston Business Plants Trees To Offset Pipeline Construction Resource Environmental Solutions is approaching a milestone. The Montrose-based company has planted nearly 6 million trees to offset the effect of economic development on vulnerable wetlands. |
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Despite April Slowdown, Houston Auto Sales On Track For Strong Year Houston auto sales in April were down compared to March but overall sales for the past year performed strongly. |
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More Hiring Managers Insist On Degrees For Low-Skilled Jobs Job opportunities for workers without college degrees are dwindling faster than ever. |
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Sales Slide In April, But Job Growth Remains Solid Houston industry slowed in April according to the latest survey by the Institute for Supply Management — Houston. |
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Houston Retains Top Spot For US Seaborne Trade With Brazil Houston has held onto its ranking as Brazil's largest U.S. seaborne trade partner, both by value and by weight. |
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Women Filling Larger Percentage Of Oil & Gas Jobs The pace of hiring in the oil and gas industry slowed in the first quarter of 2013, compared to the fourth quarter of 2012. But the workforce itself is growing more diverse. |
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Ex-Enron CEO Skilling's Sentence To Be Reduced Federal prosecutors and attorneys for former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling say they have reached an agreement that will reduce the jailed executive's sentence for his role in the energy giant's collapse. |
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Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday Approaches Consumers get a break, and retailers don't do so badly, either. The opportunity for Texans to save money on energy efficient appliances is fast approaching. |
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State Sales Tax Revenues Up 3.9% Compared To A Year Ago The Texas State Comptroller's Office says that state sales tax revenue was up $2.15 billion in April. That's up 3.9 percent compared to April 2012. |
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OTC: One Exhibitor Talks Of Thousands Of Jobs In Oil And Gas The Offshore Technology Conference has hundreds of panel discussions about all aspects of the oil and gas industry this week at Reliant Park. |
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Why BMC Sale Could Affect Jobs In Houston The announcement that a Houston-based business software giant will be sold to a private equity group could mean eventual layoffs and other changes at the company. |
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Texas Unemployment Lowest In Metros And Energy-Focused Areas The unemployment picture in Texas is substantially better than other states, and the energy sector is a big factor. Areas that are energy-focused fare better than other parts of the state. But large cities are also contributing to better numbers in Texas. |
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Texas Medical Center Plans Job Fair For Veterans The Texas Medical Center is hosting a job fair for military veterans next Wednesday. |
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Could Outsourcing Help Your Small Business Grow? If you're short on qualified people, outsourcing is one way you can help scale up. |
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Safeguards Discussed For Preventing Social Media Distortion Of Markets A recent false report about explosions at the White House, posted on social media and picked up by news web sites, caused an immediate drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. So now, additional safeguards are being discussed. |
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Small Business Survey Finds Optimism for Hiring, Raises A majority of Texas business owners plan to grow their businesses over the next six months, according to a survey of small businesses. |
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CarShare Program Offers Options For Those Using Alternative Transportation There's another transportation option in the Energy Corridor — shared vehicles that can be used for errands while at work. |
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Acting Secretary Of Labor Pushes Minimum Wage Increase The Acting Secretary of Labor has been making the rounds in 20 U.S. cities to stump for the president's plan to raise the minimum wage. |
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UH Symposium Targets Energy Services Companies Expanding Internationally Energy services companies that are going global can benefit from today's "New Markets, New Money" symposium at the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. |
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Sen. Cornyn Says Flight Delays Are A 'Manufactured Crisis' U.S. Sen. John Cornyn talked with reporters in a conference call this afternoon. One topic: FAA and the Department of Transportation and sequestration. |
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High-Tech Vending Machines Distributing Healthier Products You may start seeing vending machines that dispense healthier food around Houston. |
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High Net Worth Investors Bullish About Houston Economy An investor pulse poll released by Morgan Stanley confirms investor confidence in the economic standing of Houston and Texas. |
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World Events Affect Stocks, But Investors Look At Big Picture World events can affect the stock market for the short term, but many investors are interested in longer-term implications. |
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Record Store Day Focuses on Independent Record Stores Tomorrow is Record Store Day, and that means another batch of limited edition releases. It's a global event, and thousands of independently-owned record stores like Houston's Cactus Records on Portsmouth take part. |
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LNG Conference Spotlights Transition From Importing To Exporting Natural Gas Over 10,000 industry professionals are in Houston this week for the 17th International Liquified Natural Gas Conference. Participants come from 80 countries. |
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Smartphone App Documents Evidence At Accident Scenes A new app for your smartphone or tablet has been introduced that can be helpful after an accident. |
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Midday Job Fair Seeks Resumes And Smiling Faces Jobseekers can speak directly with recruiters from several companies this morning at a career fair. |
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Survey: 14 Percent Of Texas Businesses Targeted By Fraud A survey finds that one in seven Texas businesses have experienced incidents of attempted financial fraud in the past two years. |
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Vietnam Ambassador Says Houston Would Benefit From Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement Ambassadors from countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement are hoping to expand the number of participants. |
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Business Travel To Rebound In 2013 A new forecast says the improving economic outlook should continue boosting business travel spending this year. |
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Greater Houston Partnership Organizes Cuban Trip Greater Houston Partnership has organized a tour to Cuba. |
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Texas-based Troops Head For Southern Afghanistan Yesterday morning, KUHF reporter Andrew Schneider touched down in Kabul, Afghanistan. He'll soon be heading to the south of the country on a month-long embed. Andrew visited Fort Bliss last fall to meet and train with one of the units he's embedding with. |
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Houston Gets Top Rating In Small Business Friendliness Survey A new survey says that even with other parts of the country in some degree of economic decline, Houston is a good place to start a business. |
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Oil & Gas Leadership Roles Opening Up For Women The growing labor shortage in the energy sector is opening up new opportunities for women. |
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Jailed Ex-Enron CEO Jeff Skilling May Be Released Early Discussions are underway that could lead to a shorter sentence for former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling. |
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Oil Drilling Permits Surge in First Two Months Of 2013 The state's oil and gas economy grew strongly in January and February, according to the latest Texas Petro Index. |
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API Calls For Less Energy Regulation, More Access To Federal Land The American Petroleum Institute sought to rally support from Houston business leaders to push Washington to enact a comprehensive energy policy. |
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New Clean Fuel Standards: Who Pays? A rule just proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency would cut sulfur levels in gasoline by 60 percent. Refiners say the rule, known as Tier Three, would dramatically increase costs at the pump. |
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Shifting Oil Sands Economics Work To Houston's Benefit A study by energy research firm IHS CERA provides a fresh economic argument for building the Keystone XL pipeline. |
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Texas Adds 80,600 Jobs In February Texas led the nation in over-the-month job gains in February, according to numbers just released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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Gulf Coast Businesses Brace For Severe Hurricane Season Houston-based ImpactWeather is forecasting this year's Atlantic hurricane season will be more severe than last year's. A storm in the Gulf of Mexico would affect Houston-area businesses, even if it misses the region altogether. |
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Soft Exports, Falling Rig Count Slow Texas Growth Texas economic activity dipped in January, according to Comerica Bank's monthly index. |
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Chemical Industry Rides Crest Of Natural Gas Wave Ten years ago, domestic chemical manufacturing looked bound for extinction. But the revolution in natural gas production has given the industry a new lease on life, bringing thousands of new jobs to Greater Houston. |
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Bristow Wins Contract To Run UK's Airborne Search And Rescue A private Houston company is set to take over the work of Britain's military search-and-rescue helicopter service, whose pilots include Prince William. |
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Consumers Keep Spending Despite Payroll Tax Hike It's been nearly three months since federal payroll taxes reverted to 2010 levels. But a new study finds most consumers are acting as if nothing has changed. |
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Managers Cautious But Upbeat About Texas Economy A new survey of Texas business owners finds a large majority do not expect an economic downturn in 2013. |
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Choking On Ethanol And High Gas Prices The high price of gasoline is prompting calls for a fresh look at the nation's renewable fuel standards. |
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As Older Workers Delay Retirement, Younger Ones Pay a Price A new survey suggests a growing number of older workers will push back their retirement due to economic concerns. That will mean fewer opportunities for those just entering the workforce. |
